The Club has welcomed members and the community into its new Woolooware Bay home.
The wait is over, with the new Sharks Leagues Club at Woolooware Bay officially opening its doors over the weekend.
Sharks Chairman Steve Mace and Sharks Group CEO Dino Mezzatesta officially unveiled the Club with a ribbon-cutting in the entrance foyer on the morning of Friday, 6 November before media toured the venue with Sharks Coach Craig Fitzgibbon, NRL and NRLW players, and the people behind the new Club.
Set beside Ocean Protect Stadium, the year-round, resort-style destination features The Deck — one of Sydney’s largest elevated hospitality decks — with room for around 2000 people, and panoramic views across the stadium, Botany Bay and the Sydney city skyline.
The new Club also includes The Gallery, The Chairman’s, Sapphire Bay Gaming Lounge and Reefy & Wanda’s Kids Club, with dining from hospitality partner Dedes Waterfront Group at Flying Fish Bistro Cronulla and Amici Pizza Pasta.
Inside, the Club combines new spaces with the history of the Sharks. The 2016 premiership trophy greets guests at the front doors, the Immortals Lounge honours the Club’s greatest figures, Porchlight Cafe is named after Paul Gallen’s famous 2016 call to turn the porchlights off, and the Summertime Bar carries on the same name from the old club.
At Friday’s showcase, Nicho Hynes helped make a wood-fired pizza at Amici Pizza Pasta, new NRLW signing Teagan Berry shook up cocktails at the Summertime Bar, and Blayke Brailey and Jada Taylor helped add the finishing touches to a seafood tower at Flying Fish Bistro Cronulla.
“After seven long years, countless challenges and an extraordinary amount of hard work by so many people, we finally have our home. And what a magnificent home it is!” said Sharks Chairman Steve Mace.
“It’s a home that honours our past while providing the foundations for the next generation of Sharks history. I genuinely hope that when you walk through those doors, you feel the same sense of pride that I do. Seven years later… we’re back, baby!”
Sharks Group CEO Dino Mezzatesta echoed Steve’s sentiment.
“We know it’s been a long wait, and we thank everyone for their patience. We are confident that the new Sharks Leagues Club rates as one of the best in the state and is a place our members and fans will be truly proud of,” said Dino.
“On behalf of the Board, management and all associated, we can’t wait to welcome you back. What a time to be a Shark. Up Up.”
The Club is now open from 10am until late, seven days a week. For more information, click here.
